I almost wonder if there will be enough people watching some of these shows to justify the cost of subbing them.

It doesn't seem to me that Crunchy is getting the shows that people are talking about the most this season, at least from what I've been seeing and reading.

What is with these Japanese production committees? Have they changed their minds about simulcasts? It almost seems they want to encourage piracy.

edited to add: 4 of the shows listed as "New Simulcast titles" don't even qualify as such. I guess this will be the first season where I start downloading fansubs. Pretty sad

So you are counting additional seasons/series of any show that ever aired before as "not new". Please point out a single one in the "New Simulcast Section" that is continuing from the summer season. At this point, you start looking like someone just fishing for something to complain about.

What shows do you think people are "talking about the most this season", and how many of those have yet to premiere?

You may not be happy that Crunchyroll wasn't the one to get the simulcast, but the only notable one I see that have premiered thus far that haven't had a simulcast announced are Kami-sama Hajimemashita.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure premieres in a little over 2 hours, but I had my doubts about the it being simulcast before the season started.

I think Cruncyroll not streaming due to licensing issues. You can go to animesuki.com they have animes that are unlicensed. You can also go watch it now since there nothing(or some) to avoid any legal trouble. just Search it.

Therefore I hope they will have Petition section for witch cruncyroll can stream.

CR doesn't stream something due to licensing issues? You know this site has proper licenses for every single title they stream right?

I don't want to start the moral debate so I'm not going to say anything about that side. But even if it's unlicensed in your country, it's still illegal to download it. So it doesn't really guarantee you can "avoid any legal trouble".